Environment
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359Assam flood death toll reaches 79, nearly 27 lakh people affected
At least 2,678 villages are underwater With three more lives lost, Assam’s death toll reached 79 this Saturday, Assam’s State Disaster Management...
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High alert as Locusts swarms invade Delhi, Gurugram, pilots told to be cautious
Swarms of locusts that have crossed over to India from neighbouring Pakistan have been causing havoc in Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, and Madhya...
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JK Forest Department converted into a corporation, assets now under Companies Act
‘All shares except two shall be held by the Lieutenant Governor of JK’ On Monday, the governor-led administration accorded the creation of...
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Of development, environment and migrant labourers
While development has been sold as an antidote to social and political problems, there are issues that remain unspoken and undiscussed. Indian...
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Satellite images show Chinese forces bringing in bulldozers to disturb flow of Galwan River
Satellite images reveal that the Chines forces have brought in bulldozers to disturb the flow of the Galwan river in Northeast Ladakh....
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Locusts wreak havoc in Pakistan, cotton and vegetable crop hit as invasion covers more than country’s total-crop-area
Swarms of locusts spreading across Pakistan are emerging as a bigger threat to the country’s economy than the coronavirus pandemic, with the...
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World Environment Day: As deaths due to COVID-19 rise, experts in Kashmir say environment is healing
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take lives across the globe, reports suggest that the environment is healing due to reduced human...
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India’s moves in Kashmir are bad news for climate change activists and the ‘Global Environment’
On August 5, 2019, India, under the directions of its right-wing extremist BJP government, and without consulting either Kashmiris, Pakistan, or China,...
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How illegal pursuit of riverbed material is threatening the habitat of Kashmir’s trout fish
In complete violation of the JK Fisheries Act, illegal extraction of sand and boulders from various trout streams of Bandipora, and adjoining...
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The messed-up city and its man-in-charge
With the revival of a top office in Srinagar earlier this year, the controversial wetland remark sent a celebrity cop on an...
